City of ambition : artists & New York, 1900-1960 / Elisabeth Sussman ; with John G. Hanhardt and ass...
City of ambition : artists & New York, 1900-1960 / Elisabeth Sussman ; with John G. Hanhardt and ass...
City of ambition : artists & New York, 1900-1960 / Elisabeth Sussman ; with John G. Hanhardt and assisted by Corey Keller ; with an essay by Brendan Gill.
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Full title
Publisher
New York : Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Flammarion, c1996.
Call Numbers
N700.9747107/1
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
144 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Contents
Director's Foreword / David A. Ross -- Preface /Elisabeth Sussman -- Longed-For Neighbors / Brendan Gill -- 1900-1918 A New Century Begins -- 1915-1925 The Modern City -- 1925-1932 Reaching for the Sky --1929-1939 Life in the Metropolis -- 1939-1945 On the Town -- 1945-1960 An Age of Optimism -- Wor...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Flammarion, c1996.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1996.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
City of Ambition, published to accompany a Whitney Museum exhibition, takes its title from the famous 1910 Alfred Stieglitz photograph of New York's then-burgeoning skyline. Both the book and exhibition explore the creative ferment of the first half of the century, seeking to reveal and revel in the notion of ambition as an idealized source of ener...
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Full title
City of ambition : artists & New York, 1900-1960 / Elisabeth Sussman ; with John G. Hanhardt and assisted by Corey Keller ; with an essay by Brendan Gill.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
"An exhibition of paintings, sculpture, films, and prints that capture how New York has inspired an unprecedented artistic outpouring from 1900-1960"--T.p. verso.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1996.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
N700.9747107/1
Record Identifier
74VM43kxA3Eb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM43kxA3Eb
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ISBN
2080136283
9780874271089 (alk. paper)
0874271088 (alk. paper)
9782080136282
DDC
700.974710747471
MMS ID
991001420849702626
